The High Low is back! Where did those 6 weeks go? Dolly’s been on a nationwide book tour; Pandora’s birthed a tiny dictator. We round-up all the articles, programmes and podcasts we’ve been enjoying during our hiatus, as well as the topics that made us miss The High Low.
On today’s agenda: the depressing arc of the weightloss celebrity and the esoteric nature of reality TV (Dolly compares it to an old-fashioned Italian family - Pandora wonders if that is a good thing); and the controversial verdict of the Ulster Rugby rape case, which concluded last week, after a 42 day trial, with an innocent verdict. 2018 may have been a year of MeToo; but does the disappointing denouement to this case suggest that it’s all just hot air?
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Reading
How A Young Woman Lost Her Identity - byRachel Aviv for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/how-a-young-woman-lost-her-identity
Will Ferrell interviews Joaquin Phoenix -
for Interview magazine https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/joaquin-phoenix-april-2018-cover-story-will-ferrell
Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Promising-Young-Women-Caroline-ODonoghue/dp/0349009902
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brit-ish-Race-Identity-Belonging/dp/1911214284/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1522873963&sr=1-1&keywords=afua+hirsch
Inside Court 12: the complete story of the Belfast rape trial - The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/inside-court-12-the-complete-story-of-the-belfast-rape-trial-1.3443620
Who Was Really On Trial In The Ireland And Ulster Rugby Rape Case? - The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ireland-ulster-rugby-rape-case-not-guilty-brendan-kelly-qc-victim-a8278216.html
Watching
This Is Us - on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-is-Us-Season-1/dp/B01N1PBW1G
Save Me - on Sky https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/f9843d4d-5610-4b7f-abc9-fb7a6d3bb61a
UnREAL - on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B014GGAJQI
Sex, Drugs and Murder - on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p04nllxx
Damned on Channel 4
Strictly’s Scandal, Johnny Depp’s GQ Cover & The Nothingburger
On Brett Kavanaugh; & Why Women Can’t (And Don’t Want To) Have It All
An Author Special with The Guilty Feminist creator and host, Deborah Frances-White
Carrie Symonds & ‘the scarlet woman’; & the end of Big Brother
Serena Williams & Kirstie Allsopp: Why Women Aren’t Allowed To Get Angry
A Bumper Back to School Book Special & Thoughts on the Roxanne Pallet Assault Allegations
Is "hey guys" anti-feminist?; & why we are better people than our worst joke
On Plane Bae; and Teaching Children About Mental Health
An Author Special with Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené of Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible
Trump’s Baby Balloon; & Why ‘Natural’ Beauty Is A Damaging Stereotype
The Dangers of Self-Deprecation; & A Deep-Dive Into ‘Nanette’
Fame, Fortune and Phone Sex, with Actor and Memoirist, Gabourey Sidibe
Clemmie Hooper on Misogyny on Social Media; & The World Cup
The Curious Tale of Anna Delvey & Love Island’s Body Problem
Greer’s Fall From Grace; Issa Rae on Kanye; & SATC's 20 Yr Anniversary
Domestic is Not A Dirty Word: An Author Special With The Great American Novelist, Meg Wolitzer
Ireland’s abortion referendum; and a deep-dive into the royal wedding
A Live Episode with Google on Georgina Chapman’s Interview About Ex-Husband, Harvey Weinstein; & Cannes Selfie Ban
The Rachel Divide; & Dissecting The Met Gala
Kanye’s Basic Tweets; and an Author Special with Trans Activist and Writer, Juno Dawson
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